meehaw:I'm having a hard time believing that is completely real...that huge transformation. But I have no doubt that it does alleviate some of these and many other symptoms of serious illnesses, mental and physical.

It's not that hard to believe. Tourette's is simply misfiring neurons in the motor control and speech centres of the brain. MJ smooths neural activity.

Unfortunately, this vote is meaningless until the U. S. Congress legalizes it at the Federal level. Write your Congress-critters. Real paper letters will have far more impact than an email.

Thats what they said about medical marijuana and yet thousands of people use their medical marijuana recommendation every day. This particular bill is good because it assumes that Oregon will have to fight this at the Fed level and has allocated the resources to do so.

The only vote that is meaningless is the one that's not cast.

Then why are the feds fighting Californias legit according to California medical marijuana distribution system?

Because thats what the feds do. It doesn't change the fact that there are lots of states they leave alone. States rights will eventually prevail. In the meantime we dont just give up because it's hard. We keep fighting on every front.

Unfortunately, this vote is meaningless until the U. S. Congress legalizes it at the Federal level. Write your Congress-critters. Real paper letters will have far more impact than an email.

Thats what they said about medical marijuana and yet thousands of people use their medical marijuana recommendation every day. This particular bill is good because it assumes that Oregon will have to fight this at the Fed level and has allocated the resources to do so.

Atomic Spunk:In the past when I've gone through periods of smoking a lot of weed, my body would build up a tolerance and I'd need more and more just to get the same effect. Would that be the case with using it to treat Tourette's?

It's not your body building up a tolerance. It's your brain becoming accustomed. You needed to feel "weird" to feel like it was working. The more you smoked, the more being high felt normal, the more it took to feel weird.

I remember watching a documentary about a guy in the UK who had severe tourette's like this guy. I can't remember whether there was any medication he was taking or not (I don't even know if there is medication for tourette's to be honest) but I seem to remember that he didn't get much if any relief.

The documentary followed him for several months. It ended by saying that he had taken his life. It was absolutely heartbreaking to watch.